oxytetracycline

noun

oxy·​tet·​ra·​cy·​cline ˌäk-si-ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn 

: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₉ produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces rimosus)

Examples of oxytetracycline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite encouraging early results at reducing symptoms, therapies like oxytetracycline are still in preliminary stages and require growers to inject the treatment into every infected tree. —Ayurella Horn-Muller, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2024

In humans, the drugs, oxytetracycline and streptomycin, are used to treat pneumonia, syphilis and a broad array of infections. —Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019

The study, published last week in the journal Phytopathology, found that spraying the drug oxytetracycline on trees had no detectable impact on the bacterial disease know as citrus greening that slowly kills orange and grapefruit trees. —Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

oxytetracycline

noun

oxy·​tet·​ra·​cy·​cline -ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn 

: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₉ produced by a soil actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. rimosus) see terramycin